http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/greece-debt-crisis-athens-has-one-day-to-find-16bn-10353977.html Athens has just one day to find €1.6bn as it edges nearer euro exit Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has been branded reckless and a feckless liar by EU leaders The powers of the IMF, Brussels, the European Central Bank and European Commission now with the added weight of Barak Obama of the United States and Li Keqiang the Premiere of China, pile the pressure onto the Greek people to capitulate to the demands and ultimatum of Merkel, Lagarde and Jean-Claude Juncker. Jean-Claude Juncker appealed to Greeks to vote Yes in the referendum Make no mistake. The European Union is operated for the benefit of financiers, bankers and business interests and has little if anything, to do with peace and stability in Europe or the well being of the 500 million or so ordinary people who live within its borders. Any member country government who has th...
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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/28/the-greeks-for-whom-all-the-talk-means-nothing-because-they-have-nothing The Greeks for whom all the talk means nothing – because they have nothing Georgios and his sister Barbara outside their donated caravan This story is similar to hundreds of thousands of other stories from ordinary people all over Greece. They are the victims of "austerity" imposed upon them by previous Greek governments who were blindly following the instructions of the autocrats of the IMF, Brussels, the European Central Bank and European Commission over previous years. Georgios Karvouniaris and his sister Barbara and the many thousands of other Greeks like them are not those who have been drawing € billions out of the Greek banking system over the past weeks to invest in luxury cars, yachts or art in a bid to hide their money. They have nothing to withdraw. Despite what the media may say, and what those in Brussels and Wash...
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/24/greece-debt-crisis-talks-renewed-deadlock Greece debt crisis talks end in renewed deadlock The duplicitous bastards of the IMF, demonstrate yet again their intentions toward Greece and its people. Having met on Monday of this week to discuss yet another compromise proposal from the Greek government of Alex Tsipras, the IMF, European Central Bank and European Commission now destroy the possibility of an agreement which only two days ago seemed achievable. Clearly, Lagarde and Merkel together with elements of the European Commission are not prepared to allow any arrangement which includes higher taxation thresholds for businesses and the rich in Greece, but excludes more cuts and even higher levels of austerity for ordinary people. Alexis Tsipras leaving the talks. The objectives of the Troika are clear. Humiliate the Greek people and its government, seek to impose even harsher austerity, protect busine...
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/24/alexis-tsipras-summoned-brussels-emergency-talks-greece-bailout-deal#comments Tsipras summoned to Brussels for emergency talks over Greek bailout deal Largarde and Merkel What an arrogant obnoxious collection of autocrats the "Troika" and its other European stooges actually are. Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund, Mario Draghi, the president of the European Central Bank, and Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the Dutch finance minister, "summon Tsipras to Brussels" rather like Hitler summoning some European leader to Berlin to be told what his country must do and how its people must behave. The days of the European Dictator return in the 21st Century. Lagarde of the IMF found the proposed temporary resolution inadequate and that German chancellor Angela Merkel was also having second thoughts. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras The response from Tsipras clearly should be...
A fabulous aerial shot of Plémont on the North Coast of Jersey. aerial shot of Plémont A very favourite beach. Off to the left of the picture is the place where we spent many hours amongst the caves, rocks and rock pools after the tide went out. One afternoon as the tide was coming in with some quite big surf, I was standing in the water facing the beach (with back to the incoming surf, yes, very silly I know) talking to my wife who was still on the beach. She failed to mention a big one she had noticed coming in behind me. A wave has quite a degree of power when it hits someone in the back. I eventually surfaced from beneath the foaming azure, turquoise, sparkling dark water and stood dripping wet and breathing hard. She was doubled up with laughter and was still chuckling about the incident for days afterwards. In fact she can still smile about it now. https://www.facebook.com/chrisbrookesjersey
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/19/police-crack-down-on-activists-on-eve-of-london-austerity-march Police crack down on activists on eve of London austerity march See you on the streets next Saturday. 20th June 2015 Someone once said, "We aim to equalise before the other team score. We should get our retaliation in first." . The police seem to have taken this idea to a new level in defence of the "establishment" and the austerity programme of Osborne and the Conservative government. The restriction and suppression of protest and dissent is more appropriate to a "Police State" than to a supposed democracy in western Europe. The imposition of even more austerity will be announced over the coming months and whether the government, the "establishment" or the police like it or not, the demonstrations will intensify not only in London but all around the country. Join the demonstrations, resist the governm...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/the-next-labour-leader-should-be-anyone-except-jeremy-corbyn-alan-johnson-says-10332782.html The next Labour leader should be anyone except Jeremy Corbyn, Alan Johnson says Alan Johnson in typical pose Alan Johnson has said that "any of the candidates for Labour leader would be acceptable except left-winger Jeremy Corbyn". This comment rather begs the question "Acceptable to who?" Perhaps Johnson is referring to the majority of the Parliamentary Labour party, who would prefer a facsimile of Tony Blair in either male or female form. Johnson is certainly not referring to many rank and file party members existing or who have joined (or in my case rejoined) to support Jeremy C orbyn in his bid for the leadership.Nor is Johnson referring to large numbers of people, not Labour Party members, who have indicated that a new, fresh voice in the Labour Party is something that they have been wishing for ove...
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/19/greek-people-austerity-eu-greece-economic-crisis-democracy The Greek people voted against austerity – why is the EU ignoring this? The whole point about this current Greek economic crisis is a simple one. The European Central Bank, the IMF, Brussels and Berlin, are saying to the 11 million or so Greek people, that you can vote for who ever you like and elect the government of your choice, but in the end, your government and you, must do exactly what we say, without question, debate or argument. Thank heavens that Alexis Tsipras and the Syriza government are saying "No" to the unelected and unaccountable IMF and Brussels cabal. We should have more politicians in this country with the backbone to stand up to the dictators in Europe and Washington. The arrogance of Christine Lagarde and her comment (in respect of next Monday's meeting) that "We do not want children in the negotiating ro...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/greeks-take-their-money-and-run-as-potential-eu-exit-looms-on-the-horizon-10329868.html Greece faces banking crisis after euro zone meeting breaks down Greece's Yanis Varoufakis with Christine Lagarde of the IMF So who is actually withdrawing these €2bn of deposits? It certainly is not those workers who have had their salaries viciously cut over the past five years of austerity. It is not those pensioners who have endured the real cuts to their pension entitlements. It is not those people who rely on the food bank and soup kitchens in Athens, Piraeus, Tripolis and a hundred towns all over Greece. The face of austerity on the streets of cities all over Greece Those withdrawing the largest part of the money are by far those speculators who have ma de their fortunes on the circumstances of ordinary Greek people caused by the IMF, the Central European bank, Brussels and the Eurozone "leadership...
http://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2015/06/18/tourism-heyday-attraction-is-reduced-to-pile-of-rubble/ Tourism heyday attraction is a shell of its former self Jon Morgan, was the custodian of the garden for many years We new this place and its curator John Morgan, and Sandi his wife (who also made guest appearances in Bergerac) very well. We shared a taste for Indian or Italian food and spent many hours together in restaurants on the island. We have noted on recent visits that the bungalow has been derelict for quite a while. Sad to see the end of the Shell Garden attraction, which has now gone the same way as many other former attractions in Jersey.
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jun/17/labour-leadership-hopefuls-clash-but-no-clear-winner-in-first-televised-debate#comments Labour leadership hopefuls clash but no clear winner in first televised debate The Labour leadership candidates the first televised hustings on Newsnight What ever programme Patrick Wintour, Nicholas Watt and Rowena Mason were actually watching, it is very clear that it was not the BBC Newsnight special "Labour leadership hustings" that I watched.. It is very rare for me to agree with "The Telegraph", but in this mornings report (Labour leadership hustings: Jeremy Corbyn wows audience with Left-wing agenda) they are absolutely right, commenting that, "Fears of centrist Labour MPs and aides appear to be realised as far-Left candidate helped onto ballot gets most positive reaction during TV debate." I watched the BBC Newsnight special "Labour leadership hustings...
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jun/15/labour-leftwinger-jeremy-corbyn-wins-place-on-ballot-for-leadership#comment-53877246 Labour left winger Jeremy Corbyn wins place on ballot for leadership Jeremy Corbyn MP. Less than 24 hours after nominations closed and Jeremy Corbyn was included on the ballot paper for the Labour Party leadership election, the media and some pundits have already started the campaign to discredit and rubbish him. According to some polls, Corbyn has a great deal of support amongst the public and party members although not (as yet) within the Parliamentary Labour Party. Between now and 10th September, we shall witness even more hostility,smear and hysterical rhetoric from the "stop Corbyn" camp. That is the way with politics in this country today. Over the course of the next 10 weeks, people should draw their own conclusions as to who should lead the Labour Party in spite of the negativity of media, television ...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/andy-burnham-destabilised-after-jeremy-corbyn-squeezes-onto-the-labour-leadership-ballot-10322157.html Jeremy Corbyn.An alternative to the status quo Jeremy Corbyn MP and Labour Party leadership candidate This morning, I rejoined the Labour party to support Jeremy Corbyn in his bid to become leader of the Labour party. I knew Jeremy many years back. I left the party in the late 1980's, he stayed. Today, he is on the ballot paper to become leader, which is the best news to come out of the Labour Party for many years. I shall be campaigning for Jeremy to be elected as leader on 10th September. To put my long self induced absence from mainstream politics into some sort of perspective, I left Labour because I could no longer support a Party which had abandoned principle for popularity. They had become more concerned with perpetuating the "system" and bailing out banks with our money, while at the same time...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/chilcot-report-into-the-iraq-war-unlikely-to-be-published-for-another-year-10318410.html Chilcot report into the Iraq war 'unlikely to be published for another year' Report "unlikely to be published for another year at least" This is the Headline from the Guardian of 26th June 2014. "Chilcot report into 2003 Iraq conflict delayed further Due to have been published three years ago, the Chilcot report now threatens to haunt UK politics ahead of the 2015 election" Now, 14th June 2015, some 12 months on, it is announced that the Chilcot report into the Iraq war 'unlikely to be published for another year' and that David Cameron is under pressure to scrap the inquiry. This is outrageous and the stench of conspiracy becomes even more odious. Chilcott and his 6 year long "independent" inquiry has been effectively blocked by those individuals and organisatio...
For how much longer can this obnoxious, ignorant and patronising news presenter appear on our screens?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/kay-burley-more-than-1100-people-have-complained-about-the-reporters-alton-towers-coverage-10315127.html?origin=internalSearch Petition to sack Sky News presenter hits 35,000 after Alton Towers interview Kay Burley. An obnoxious, ignorant and patronising woman I first signed the "Sack Kay Burley" petition some 2 years ago after witnessing yet another of her "interviews", that time with a protester outside the Houses of Parliament. Since then, she has appeared regularly on the screens of "Sky News" (not to mention her "performance" on the Dancing on Ice show)demonstrating time after time her obnoxious, ignorant and patronising interview techniques to all. She is also frequently boorish towards other Sky News reporters and presenters . How this awful woman manages to retain employment with organisation is quite incredible. She must have something on those people at Sky responsi...
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jun/10/david-miliband-labour-has-turned-the-page-backwards David Miliband:Labour needs to return to the winning policies pursued under Tony Blair. Hero worship According to Miliband Major and some others of his persuasion, the road to electoral success is a need "to return to the winning policies pursued under Tony Blair". Perhaps people will remember Tony Blair. Electoral success at the cost of years of deceipt, hypocrisy and duplicity. The lies and complicity with George W.Bush which took this country to war and cost the lives of hundreds of thousands in Iraq and almost 200 UK service personnel amongst the 5000 Coalition troops ki lled. The years which witnessed the widening gap between the rich and the poor in this country. The growth of corporate power in the United Kingdom and beyond where the customers of the multi nationals and those people employed by them exploited in the pursuit of more and hig...